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title: 2024.115.3: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale: 3. The journey from Puno to Arequipa
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title: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale: 3. The journey from Puno to Arequipa
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creator: Day, Steve
description: One of a set of research documents on the production of alpaca wool in Peru and its subsequent journey to the United Kingdom for use in the textile industry. Part three details the difficulties of transporting alpaca wool from the remote, high Andean region of the Altiplano down to the coast of Peru where it was to be transported by ship.
subject: Textile industry
subject: Agriculture
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extracted text: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale 3. The journey from Puno to Arequipa Steve Day 2023 3. The Journey from Puno to Arequipa Most of us are familiar with the story of Britain's industrial revolution, memorably brought to life in Danny Boyle's opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. It is an image of factories with tall chimneys belching smoke produced by coal powered steam engines. We can add to that the coming of steam powered locomotives and ships that cut both time and distances to supercharge the global trade that helped Britain become the workshop of the world. The pace of change stepped up a gear; summed up by the phrase from Marx exclaiming that 'everything that is solid melts into air.' However, we sometimes overlook the place of continuity in history. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the trade in alpaca wool between the altiplano and Airedale was the journey down to the coast of Peru. The railway between the port of Mollendo and Arequipa did not open until January 1871. The railtrack up to Puno was not completed until 1873 and it was the mid-1870s before Puno was connected to other parts of the altiplano. Up until then, trade to and from the altiplano was conducted without carts or wagons. Such was the rugged nature of the terrain that the wheel was not a practical option. Huge packs of llamas and mules laden with goods climbed over narrow mountain passes, traversed precipitous gorges and, on the last leg, crossed the unforgiving desert between Arequipa and the coast. Then, the momentous ocean crossing was completed under the traditional power of sail. Although steam ships plied their trade along the South American coast sail remained the most cost efficient manner to carry cargo on long-haul journeys across oceans. This section will focus on the journey between the altiplano and Arequipa. The desert crossing and maritime stage of the journey will be dealt with more fully in later chapters. As we have already seen, the nature of p…
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